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New Zealand’s Gun Ban: Trading Liberty for a False Sense of Security

New Zealand’s Gun Ban: Trading Liberty for a False Sense of Security
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks to media during a press conference at Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand on March 21, 2019. Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images
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On March 15, a shooter carried out an attack that killed 50 people in Christchurch, New Zealand. In response—less than a week later—New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and her government took precisely no action against criminals and banned law-abiding, non-criminals from owning “military-style” semi-automatic rifles.

Adrian Norman
Adrian Norman
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Adrian Norman is a writer, political commentator, and author of the book “The Art of the Steal: Exposing Fraud & Vulnerabilities in America's Elections.”
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